lamasery

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lamasery

/ləˈmɑːsəɹi/

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From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.

noun lamaseries · lamasary · lamaserai · lamastery · lamestery

A monastery for lamas. purposeful melody, reminding veterans of duty on the Himalayan station, of transmundane melody performed upon ancient horns fashioned from the thigh-bones of long-departed priests, in wind-beaten lamaseries miles above the level of a sea at this distance belonging more to legend than geography.

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noun monastery for lamas

中文	喇嘛廟 /喇嘛庙 lǎmamiào, 喇嘛寺 lǎmasì

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@misc{lamasery_2026,
  title = {lamasery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lamasery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}